An Analysis of Georgia House Bill 369: Custody Evaluators and Guardians ad Litem

Section 5 of HB 369 is where the most substantial changes to Georgia law were made in the bill. It affected several existing Code sections and I will address each by reference to the statute it changed or added.

Subsection (a)(7) of OCGA section 19-9-3 is the former subsection 6 and continues to provide that: “The judge is authorized to order a psychological custody evaluation of the family or an independent medical evaluation. In addition to the privilege afforded a witness, neither a court appointed custody evaluator nor a court appointed guardian ad litem shall be subject to civil liability resulting from any act or failure to act in the performance of his or her duties unless such act or failure to act was in bad faith.”